Chapter 4, pages 61-80

Summary 

      Chapter 6 consists of interesting and scandalous revelations to say the least. We learn more about Gatsby when he and Nick go to lunch. We find out that Gatsby really did go to Oxford and that his family did when he was young. When they meet for lunch, we meet one of Gatsby's friends, Mr. Meyers Wolfsheim and we learn that he is responsible for rigging the World Series in 1919.  After lunch, Nick meets up with Jordan for tea and she tells him about her memories of her friendship with Daisy, including when she went to Daisy's house and saw her on her porch with a army lieutenant named "Jay Gatsby." They make the connection that Nick's neighbor is the same Gatsby from Daisy's past and that Gatsby wants Nick to have Daisy over for tea and invite him over to see Daisy. 

Character Analysis 

•  Meyers Wolfsheim
• "'You sit here and discuss your sports and your young ladies and your-' He supplies an imaginary noun with another wave of his hand.'As for me, I am fifty years old, and won't impose myself on you any longer.'"
• Meyers' Good Qualities 
• He's a smart man (according to Gatsby)
• Meyers' Bad Qualities 
• Gambler
• Rigged the World Series
• Shady/gang related activities
• Meyers' doesn't have a specific role in the story. He's introduced to us as a 50 year old Jewish man with a big head, small beady eyes, a flat nose and being Gatsby's friend. We can tell he's a shady man when he tells the story of his friend Rosy Rosenthal who gets shot at Metropole. Later, we find out that he is a gambler and he rigged the 1919 World Series. Although we don't know much about him, we can tell what kind of person he his because he is the total opposite of both Nick and Gatsby. His friendship with Gatsby seems a bit odd as well considering Gatsby is a very precise and honest man and Wolfsheim is scheming and sly. 

Important Quote & Significance 

"I was flattered that she wanted to speak to me, because of all the older girls I admired her most." 

-Jordan Baker (p 75)

This quote stood out to me because it shows a side to Jordan that is not very familiar to us. So far, Jordan has come across as a very independent and sneaky woman but in this quote we find out that she looked up to Daisy in her youth. Daisy; the bright, beautiful woman hiding behind her rich husband who's cheating on her. I know that we all had that older girl that we thought was gorgeous and we looked up to her like she was a saint but it seems a bit surreal that Jordan would look up to Daisy, someone that she is nothing like aside from their "white girlhood" and blonde hair.